Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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If you wanted a federal job, you would check with the _______________
a. | government corporations. | c. | Federal Job Information
Centers. | b. | Social Security office. | d. | Civil Service Commission. |
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These are NOT civil service federal government jobs.
a. | procurement officers | c. | jobs in the plum book | b. | embassy
workers | d. | postal
workers |
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“I was like a sea captain who finds himself on the deck of a ship that
he has never seen before. I did not know the mechanism of my ship. I did not know my
officers—and I had no acquaintance with the crew.”
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Read the statement from this presidential appointee. Choose the word that
best describes the emotion of the speaker. (you may go online to look up these
words)
a. | ambivalence | c. | bewilderment | b. | unhappiness | d. | anger |
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The sea captain analogy above demonstrates that department leadership by
presidential appointees is ______________
a. | superior to leadership by by civil servants. | c. | limited to making small changes in
department policy. | b. | guaranteed to help change the way the
government operates. | d. | superior to other forms of leadership. |
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The method for victorious politicians to reward their allies and supporters with
government jobs is called ___________
a. | the civil service system. | c. | the spoils
system. | b. | deregulation. | d. | bureaucracy. |
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Government employment on the basis of open, competitive examination and merit is
the __________
a. | civil service system. | c. | spoils system. | b. | result of deregulation. | d. | bureaucracy at
work. |
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Limits and regulations on how federal government employees can become involved
in elections are imposed by the __________
a. | Civil Service Commission. | c. | Pendleton Act. | b. | Hatch
Act. | d. | Civil Service
System. |
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Much of the real power over daily operations of the government is comes from
_________
a. | liaison officers. | c. | top political appointees. | b. | client
groups. | d. | career civil
service officials. |
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | Federal Job Information Center | d. | plum book | b. | Office of Personnel
Management | e. | Pendleton
Act | c. | ratings for civil servant jobs |
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established civil service system
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posts federal jobs
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administers examinations
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GS-1, GS-15
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lists jobs the new president may fill
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Short Answer
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Critical Thinking
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Synthesizing Information What are the advantages to the nation of having
most government functions carried out by civil service workers? What are the disadvantages of this
system to the nation? Write a paragraph with topic sentence comparing 2 advantages with 2
disadvantages of the civil service system. (5 points)
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